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AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS
72 FRANKLIN STREET
BOSTON 10, MASS.- Liberty
January 4, 1968
Mr. Robert E. Segal
Executive Director
Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Boston
72 Franklin Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Dear Bob:
I am writing in my capacity as Director of the American
Jewish Congress, New England Region, Commission on Law and
Social Action, to transmit the request of our Administrative
Committee for urgent consideration by the Council of a most
important issue involving community relations between the
Jewish Community and our neighbors.
As you may know, the Lubavitz Day School is planning to
move to Brookline at the end of the academic year. If no
action is taken, the property will be vacant and subject to
vandalism, while at the same time the local Roxbury community
will be barred from making use of it. There are at least two
organizations that could make good use of the buildings; the
difficulty is that while they can obtain funds for operating
expense they cannot do so for capital purposes.
In the view of the Congress Administrative Committee, the
Jewish community has a definite obligation on this question.
On the one hand, it would be most unfortunate were the building
to lie idle and be subject to vandalism with the Roxbury community outside looking in. On the other hand, it would be in
keeping with our maturity and sense of responsibility as a
Jewish community to see to it that the property is made available to the local residents.
There is no easy answer, and several plans have been talked
about. We are requesting that an appropriate committee of the
Council be convened on an emergency basis to consider the
question.
If you like, I shall be available to attend your meeting
together with President Laurence Locke and Executive Director
George Samansky.
Sincerely,
Lawrenc^b Shubow, Director
Commission on Law and Social
Action

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AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS
72 FRANKLIN STREET
BOSTON 10, MASS.- Liberty
January 4, 1968
Mr. Robert E. Segal
Executive Director
Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Boston
72 Franklin Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Dear Bob:
I am writing in my capacity as Director of the American
Jewish Congress, New England Region, Commission on Law and
Social Action, to transmit the request of our Administrative
Committee for urgent consideration by the Council of a most
important issue involving community relations between the
Jewish Community and our neighbors.
As you may know, the Lubavitz Day School is planning to
move to Brookline at the end of the academic year. If no
action is taken, the property will be vacant and subject to
vandalism, while at the same time the local Roxbury community
will be barred from making use of it. There are at least two
organizations that could make good use of the buildings; the
difficulty is that while they can obtain funds for operating
expense they cannot do so for capital purposes.
In the view of the Congress Administrative Committee, the
Jewish community has a definite obligation on this question.
On the one hand, it would be most unfortunate were the building
to lie idle and be subject to vandalism with the Roxbury community outside looking in. On the other hand, it would be in
keeping with our maturity and sense of responsibility as a
Jewish community to see to it that the property is made available to the local residents.
There is no easy answer, and several plans have been talked
about. We are requesting that an appropriate committee of the
Council be convened on an emergency basis to consider the
question.
If you like, I shall be available to attend your meeting
together with President Laurence Locke and Executive Director
George Samansky.
Sincerely,
Lawrenc^b Shubow, Director
Commission on Law and Social
Action